The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed (1731)

Author
John Mottley
Author
Charles Coffey
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Ballad Opera/Burletta/Opera
Performance Medium
Musical
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£70,991 8s 3d £12,796 16s (18%) £58,194 12s 3d (82%)
1732 - 1809
£70,991 8s 3d - (100%) £12,796 16s (18%) £58,194 12s 3d (82%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
709 207 502
1732 - 1809
709 207 502
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
31 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Devil to Pay, Grand Scotch Dance, Venetian Gardeners No No No £75 4s 36% N/A
16 Nov 1749 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Devil to Pay No No No £69 10s 27% N/A
25 Nov 1749 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Devil to Pay No No No £120 4s 53% N/A
07 Feb 1750 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, The Devil to Pay No No No £97 18s 31% N/A
23 Feb 1750 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Devil to Pay, Acis and Galatea Yes No No £124 10s 6d 55% N/A
03 Apr 1750 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Devil to Pay, Dutch Dance, Tambourin No No Yes £67 9s 6d 25% N/A
13 Sep 1750 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Devil to Pay No No No £120 100% N/A
26 Sep 1750 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay, Grand Scots Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1750 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1750 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, The Devil to Pay, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1750 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1750 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Devil to Pay No No No £120 N/A N/A
06 Dec 1750 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1751 Covent Garden Macbeth, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1751 Covent Garden Othello, The Devil to Pay, The Gondoliers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1751 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Devil to Pay, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Apr 1751 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, Parody of Shakespeare's Stages of Life No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
16 Apr 1751 Covent Garden King Henry VIII, The Devil to Pay, Grand Scotch Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1751 Covent Garden Othello, The Devil to Pay, Grand Scotch Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1751 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1751 Covent Garden All For Love, The Devil to Pay, The Characters of Dancing, Drunken Peasant, La Paisane No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1751 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay, Characters of Dancing, La Paisanne No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £70 100% N/A
25 Sep 1751 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1751 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay No No No £100 N/A N/A
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